92turboLE Posted September 29, 2003 Report Posted September 29, 2003 this is my new valve cover. it started as a regular valve cover, but after a 3am polishing adventure wheen i couldnt sleep one night, this is how it turned out. lemme know if you like. Nex i think i will do the full upper plenum and see how that comes out... i was thinking do the whole plenum polished then fill in around the lettering in the candy apple red. - Justin Quote
LukeZ34 Posted September 29, 2003 Report Posted September 29, 2003 Holy shit man! That looks amazing! What's your secret? I may need something to kill time with this winter. Quote
Aaron Posted September 29, 2003 Report Posted September 29, 2003 well when you have a 3.1, and there is no point to making it faster, you do other stuff. like try to make it look as cool as the 3.4, unsuccesfully might i add. lol j/k, that is really shiny. good job. i did that to my exhaust tips, and then i just do it whenever they get dirty. i used a grinder with a polihing wheel and some polish by macguiars(sp?) Quote
GRANDFURY Posted September 29, 2003 Report Posted September 29, 2003 Looks really good. How'd you do it? Quote
92turboLE Posted September 29, 2003 Author Report Posted September 29, 2003 BIG BIG bench grinder - the little once dont work, they dont have enough power. I had to use a 2hp grinder to get the results i wanted.. i suppose you could use a small one but ti would take A LOT longer. then a lot of polishing compound and a lot of work... i had to strip off the existing paint or powdercoating - whatever it was that came from GM - and then sand it mostly smooth, then just polish, polish, and polish some more... it took many many hours of polishing... made quite the mess in the garage doing too, although i could do it faster cuz this was my first time with a wheel polisher like that and i had no clue what i was doing. - Justin Quote
runt Posted September 29, 2003 Report Posted September 29, 2003 That looks killer. If I didn't need my damn car every freaking day of the week I would polish my plenum and stuff too. But that looks really good. Quote
92turboLE Posted September 29, 2003 Author Report Posted September 29, 2003 i think i may start offering polished plenums on my site in different styles... fully polished (like in the pics) or partially polished (just the top flat part) and in various painted colors too. i dunno yet, it is kinda labor intensive and i would have to do a Core thing too so that i dont run out of extras. will have pics of the fully polished plenum when i get it finished. - Justin Quote
MaroonRegal Posted September 29, 2003 Report Posted September 29, 2003 That looks really trick, man. Quote
topless94style Posted September 29, 2003 Report Posted September 29, 2003 Those are pretty sweet. Thats how i want my engine bay to look. Red, Black and shiny! Quote
mfewtrail Posted September 29, 2003 Report Posted September 29, 2003 looks pretty good, I've got an extra plenum and set of valve covers that I plan to polish for a later undecided project, I'll take pictures when I do polish them, I have all the materials here to do so, just been busy or either too lazy to mess with them. Quote
kfahn Posted September 29, 2003 Report Posted September 29, 2003 i'd like to see that on your car now Quote
92turboLE Posted September 29, 2003 Author Report Posted September 29, 2003 workin on that part - Justin Quote
Brian P Posted September 29, 2003 Report Posted September 29, 2003 BIG BIG bench grinder - the little once dont work, they dont have enough power. I had to use a 2hp grinder to get the results i wanted.. i suppose you could use a small one but ti would take A LOT longer. - Justin Wait...a bench GRINDER??? Quote
92turboLE Posted September 29, 2003 Author Report Posted September 29, 2003 yeah, a bench grinder with a buffing wheel on it. thats pretty much the only thing with enough power to do the job. and it spins fast enough too... - Justin Quote
J Posted September 29, 2003 Report Posted September 29, 2003 that is fucking sweet!!!!!!!!!! I think he mean a bench grinder with the wire wheel on it??? that is incredible how that came out. Jay Quote
92turboLE Posted September 29, 2003 Author Report Posted September 29, 2003 NOPE, wire wheel = BAD i used a buffing wheel. to strip the old paint off from GM, i used a 2 inch stripping disc and then just got violent with the buffer. I discovered that if you dont hold onto ot well enough, it will promptly eject itself from your hands to the other side of the garage - lol I'll take pics of the setup when i get home, and some pics of the plenum as im polishing it so you can see the different steps. - Justin Quote
kiwi133 Posted September 29, 2003 Report Posted September 29, 2003 LOL you crazy! You remind me of me when I first discovered metal polish. I just went nuts finding metal things in my house, knives, spoons, my stainless steel thermos... Its just fun! Quote
Aaron Posted September 29, 2003 Report Posted September 29, 2003 haha! mine has 2.5hp!!! and my car has 210!!! lol Quote
92turboLE Posted September 30, 2003 Author Report Posted September 30, 2003 well, the 2hp one is better then the 1/2 hp one i got from wal-mart... lol, my brother has a 5hp :shock: :shock: :shock: i need that! lol haha anyway... ummm.... yeah - Justin Quote
Bolt_Crank Posted September 30, 2003 Report Posted September 30, 2003 haha! mine has 2.5hp!!! and my car has 210!!! lol put a buffing wheel on your motor then! Quote
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